>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOODING REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL-HOWE, OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND, BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> IT IS A STARTLING STATISTIC, MORE YOUNG CHILDREN DIE FROM DROWNING THAN ANY OTHER CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

TODAY, COUNTY LEADERS GATHERED IN OCEANSIDE TO HIGHLIGHT THE DANGER ON WORLD DROWNING PREVENTION DAY.

KPBS NORTH COUNTY REPORTER ALEXANDER WIND HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: DURING THE SUMMER, THERE IS NOTHING BETTER FOR A KID THAN TO SPLASH AROUND IN THE POOL BUT THAT IS WHERE THE DANGER LIES.

THIS IS SOMETHING 7-YEAR-OLD KAISER KNOWS ABOUT YOUR >> IF YOU CANNOT SWIM, YOU CAN DROWN.

YOU COULD DIE FROM DROWNING.

>> Reporter: HE HAS BEEN TAKING LESSONS SINCE HE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD.

>> I THINK MY MOM SIGNED ME UP WITHOUT ME KNOWING.

>> Reporter: HAS COUNTY SUPERVISOR JIM DESMOND KNOWS, NOT EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD SWIMMING LESSONS.

>> THE CDC SAYS 79% OF CHILDREN WITH INCOMES LESS THAN 50,000 A YEAR HAVE LITTLE TO NO SWIMMING ABILITY.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE COUNTY HAS GIVEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN GRANTS TO VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEM TO GET FREE SWIMMING LESSONS.

>> THIS IS A EFFORT TO PRIORITIZE AT THE COUNTY ALONG WITH CHAIR NORA VARGAS.

>> Reporter: ACCORDING TO THE CDC, DROWNING IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN UNDER FOUR AND THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN UNDER 14 YEARS OLD.

>> WE GO TO THE BEACH A LOT.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO KNOW HOW TO SWIM.

>> Reporter: CARLESS AS SHE ENROLLED HER SON IN SWIMMING CLASSES FOR HER PEACE OF MIND AND HER SON LIKES IT, TOO.

>> I LIKE THE WATER.

>> Reporter: SWIM INSTRUCTOR MARTHA DAVIS SAYS IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET CHILDREN COMFORTABLE IN THE WATER ASAP.

WHAT'S THE BEST TECHNIQUE TO PREVENT DROWNING?

>> BACKFLOW'S WOULD BE THE BEST THING.

IF YOU CAN ú, YOU CAN LAY THERE FOR AS LONG AS YOU NEED.

IT TAKES NO EFFORT AND NO ENERGY.

>> Reporter: THE MORE EXPOSURE CHILDREN HAVE TO THE WATER, THE MORE ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE CAN BE.

>> IT IS ALSO FUN.

>> Reporter: REMEMBER, CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE LEFT UNATTENDED YOUR WATER.

A CHILD CAN DROWN IN AS LITTLE AS 20 SECONDS.

ALEXANDER NGUYEN, KPBS NEWS.

>>> THE BIG STORY HAS BEEN THE HEAT AND WE ARE DRINKING IT UP STILL.

THESE HEAT ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS GO OUT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

WE ARE TRACKING HOW HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE PLANNING TO GO BUT LET'S LOOK AT WHERE WE HAVE THE EXCESSIVE HEAT MORNING FURTHER INLAND INCLUDING WESTMORELAND TOWARDS THE DESERTS, THAT IS WHERE WE WILL EXPERIENCE EXTREME HEAT.

HOW HOT THE TEMPERATURES GO OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS?

WE WILL TELL YOU THAT IN A BIT.

OH THERE IS HOPE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SOME PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHERS.

THE PROJECT WILL START SMALL AND COULD SIMPLY OFFER DOZENS OF NEW UNITS.

KPBS EDUCATION REPORTER M.G.

PEREZ HAS THE STORY FROM THE COUNTY.

>> RYAN STEVENS IS ABOUT TO START HIS SECOND YEAR AS A COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING TEACHER HERE AT THE GROWER SCHOOL IN ENCINITAS.

THIS WEEK, STUDENTS ARE TAKING PART IN SUMMER ENRICHMENT CAMPS LEARNING FROM VIDEOGAMES AND CREATING CERAMICS.

DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE BROWN CAMPUS HAS A CAPACITY OF JUST 160 STUDENTS IN SEVENTH THROUGH 12th GRADE.

25% OF THEM RECEIVE FINANCIAL AID TO PAY THE $20,000 ANNUAL TUITION.

THIS IS A STEEP PRICE IN AN EXCLUSIVE AREA OF NORTH COUNTY.

STEVENS HAD TO CONSIDER WHETHER HE COULD AFFORD TO TAKE THE JOB AND STILL MEET HIS BASIC NEEDS.

THEN CAME NEWS FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT A LONG- TERM PLAN OF SUSTAINABILITY.

>> JUST A SENSE OF STABILITY AND RELIEF MAKES IT EASIER AND A LOT LESS STRESS WHEN YOU ARE GOING INTO WORK OR WHEN YOU TRY TO PLAN LESSONS, YOU DON'T WORRY ABOUT WHERE WILL I BE LIVING IN THE NEXT MONTH.

>> Reporter: THANKS TO A 4.5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE LUDY FOUNDATION, THE SCHOOL WILL BE SOLAR POWERED AND THIS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE UP TO 50% OF STUDENTS FROM FULLY PAID TUITION IN THE FUTURE.

THE SCHOOL SITS ON FIVE ACRES OF THE LAND.

SOME OF THE GRANT MONEY WILL GO TO PURCHASE ANY ADDITIONAL ACRE WITH PRIME PROPERTY ON THIS.

>> THERE IS ANOTHER TREE BY THIS.

>> Reporter: STEWART IS THE OWNER OF THE SCHOOL WHO POINTS OUT THE PROGRESS HE HOPES TO MAKE WITH GROWING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS.

JUST A SHORT WALK AWAY, THIS ACRE OF LAND WILL BECOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR QUALIFIED STAFF, WHAT IS CURRENTLY A RANCH HOUSE AND GRANNY FLAT WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED INTO THREE HOUSING UNITS WITH ROOM FOR THREE MORE BY NEXT YEAR.

>> WHY OWNING THE PROPERTY LOCK STOCK, AS WE DO THROUGH THIS AMAZING GIFT, WE CAN ADJUST THE AMOUNT OF PAY FOR THESE DWELLING UNITS FOR NOT ONLY AFFORDABLE FOR YOUNG STARTING TEACHERS BUT WHAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO STAY FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS GET ESTABLISHED IN A COMMUNITY AND STRIKE OUT ON THEIR OWN.

>> Reporter: THAT IS A PROMISE AND A LESSON RYAN STEVENS HOPES LAST HIM A LIFETIME.

M.G.

PEREZ, KPBS NEWS .

>>> UTS AND THE TEAMSTERS UNION REACHED A DEAL THAT COULD AVOID A DEVASTATING STRIKE FOR U.S. CONSUMER SPENDING.

HERE IS KAREN KAIFA WITH A LOOK AT WHAT IS NEXT AND WHAT IS AT STAKE.

>> Reporter: UPS AND THE UNION SAID THEY HAVE REACHED A TENTATIVE DEAL ON A NEW CONTRACT FOR ABOUT 330,000 UPS EMPLOYEES WHO PREPARED TO WALK OUT NEXT WEEK.

>> THIS IS GOOD.

THIS IS A START.

>> Reporter: THE WORKERS NEED TO RATIFY THE DEAL TO AVOID A WORK STOPPAGE THAT WOULD HIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK-TO- SCHOOL SHOPPING SEASON WHICH THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION ESTIMATES WILL GENERATE $41.5 BILLION IN SPENDING.

AND RF SAYS THE CRISES PARKED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC PROMPTED RETAILERS TO BETTER ANTICIPATE DISRUPTIONS.. >> WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF BACK- TO-SCHOOL.

THE PRODUCT IS ON THE SHELVES AND STARTS ALREADY GOING INTO HOLIDAY, RETAILERS ARE ALREADY IN A GOOD PLACE WITH INVENTORY AND THINKING AHEAD.

>> Reporter: CONSUMERS ADAPTED STARTING EARLY TO COUNTER INFLATION WITH DEALS AND TO GET WHAT THEY WANT.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF TOOLS OUT THERE.

CONSUMERS HAVE BECOME ADAPTED TO USING THEM AND RETAILERS BUILT IN THEIR OWN SYSTEMS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR SHOPPERS ABOUT WHAT IS AVAILABLE AND WHEN AND HOW LONG IT MIGHT TAKE TO GET TO THEM.

>> Reporter: UPS HAD A AVERAGE OF 20,000 ESTIMATED PACKAGES A DAY LAST YEAR.

ECONOMIC GROWTH A GROUP WOULD COST THE U.S. ECONOMY $7.1 BILLION.

>> WHILE THE POSTAL SERVICE AND FEDEX AND OTHER DELIVERY CHANNELS MIGHT PICK UP SOME OF THE SLACK, THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH OPTIONS TO BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS ALIKE TODAY TO REPLACE THE VALUE THAT UPS HANDLES.

>> Reporter: IN WASHINGTON, I'M KAREN KAIFA.

>>> A FEDERAL JUDGE HAS BLOCKED THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION POLICY LIMITING ASYLUM.

THE RULES ALLOW THEM TO AND I HAVE SOME TOO MANY MIGRANTS WHO ARRIVED AT THE BORDER WITHOUT APPLYING ONLINE OR SEEKING PROTECTION IN A COUNTRY THEY PASSED THROUGH.

THE POLICY WENT INTO PLACE WHEN PANDEMIC AND REP RESTRICTIONS EXPIRED IN MAY.

IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS SUED THEN.

THE JUDGE IS GIVING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TWO WEEKS TO APPEAL.

>>> LOCAL JOURNALISTS REQUEST TO REVIEW THE CHULA VISTA DRONE FOOTAGES FOR COURT.

IN 2021, HE ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO TURN OVER A MONTH AFFORDED IN ORDER TO VERIFY THAT POLICE DO NOT USE DRONES TO SPY ON RESIDENTS.

THE AGENCY REFUSED ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT WAS INVESTIGATIVE.

HE SUIT AND A SAN DIEGO SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE SIDED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

HE APPEALED THE CALIFORNIA FOURTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL HAS AGREED TO HEAR THE CASE.

>> IF THIS IS UPHELD THE WAY THE DISTRICT JUDGE DECIDED, THIS COULD INCLUDE NOT JUST DRONE VIDEO BUT A LOT OF OTHER VIDEO AND DOCUMENTS THAT THE POLICE SAY ARE INVESTIGATIVE.

THAT HAS NEVER BEEN THE STANDARD.

>> Reporter: LAVISTA CITY OFFICIALS DECLINED TO COMMENT.

>>> JULY IS UTERINE FIBROID AWARENESS MONTH.

BLACK PATIENTS ARE DIAGNOSED THREE TIMES AS OFTEN AS WHITE PATIENTS WITH THESE BENIGN TUMORS AND WITH MORE SEVERE SYMPTOMS.

KPBS REPORTER KATIE HEINZ AND SPOKE WITH ONE RANCHO BERNARDO RESIDENT WHO EXPERIENCED THIS DISPARITY FIRSTHAND.

>> I WAS ON MY HONEYMOON AND I WAS EXPERIENCING WHAT I THOUGHT WAS ABDOMINAL PAIN.

NOTHING WAS RESOLVING THE PAIN.

I WAS CRUNCHED DOWN HOLDING MY ABDOMEN AREA, REALLY NOT ABLE TO EAT, MOVE, OR WALK.

>> Reporter: THIS TWO MONTHS BEFORE KIYA EDWARDS RECEIVED A DIAGNOSIS THAT SHE LIKELY HAD FIBROIDS FOR MUCH LONGER.

SHE SAID SHE ALWAYS HAD VERY PAINFUL AND HEAVY PERIODS, A COMMON SYMPTOM.

THE SUBJECT WAS TABOO THE.

>> IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT PAIN OR SICKNESS, WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE NORMAL.

>> Reporter: EDWARDS SAYS THERE IS A LACK OF TRUST BETWEEN BLACK PEOPLE AND PHYSICIANS, A LONG HISTORY OF MEDICAL RACISM, INSTRUMENTATION AND STERILIZATION.

SHE POINTS TO RESEARCH THAT PHYSICIANS TEND TO TAKE BLACK PEOPLE'S PAIN LESS SERIOUSLY.

>> LIMITING YOUR NEXT STEP OF EVALUATING A PATIENT SAYING THAT WE ARE LAZY OR WE ARE JUST COMPLAINING.

>> Reporter: BY THE TIME UTERINE FIBROIDS ARE CAUGHT IN FIVE PATIENTS, THEY TEND TO BE MORE ADVANCED.

THEY ARE TWICE AS LIKELY AS WHITE PATIENTS TO HAVE THEIR UTERUS REMOVED INSTEAD OF LESS INVASIVE OPTIONS.

EDWARDS SAYS SHE HAD TO DO HER OWN RESEARCH ON WHICH TREATMENT WOULD LEAVE HER WITH THE GREATEST CHANCES OF CONCEIVING A CHILD.

EVIDENCE OF HER HOW COME HANGS ON HER LOSS.

PICTURES OF HER SONS ARE THERE.

>> THEY ARE MIRACLE BABIES.

>> Reporter: EDWARDS SAYS SHE WAS LUCKY SHE HAD GOOD INSURANCE.

SHE TOOK MEDICAL LEAVE.

SHE SAID SHE IS BREAKING THE SILENCE NOT JUST FOR HERSELF BUT FOR PEOPLE WITH LESS MEANS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE UTERINE HEALTH LIKE THOSE IN FOSTER CARE AND PRISONS.

KATIE-, TO KPBS NEWS .

>>> THERE ARE CURRENTLY 2200 CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

KPBS REPORTER MELISSA MAE INTRODUCES US TO A VOLUNTEER ADVOCATE WHO SUPPORTS THESE VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN COURT AND IN LIFE.

>> Reporter: COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES BETTER KNOWN AS CASA'S ARE VOLUNTEERS WHO SPEAK UP FOR FOSTER YOUTH.

>> SOMETIMES IT IS GETTING SOMETHING TO EAT AND TALKING AND THAT'S ENOUGH.

THEY APPRECIATE THAT TIME.

>> Reporter: MARINE VETERAN JOSE CONTROLLERS HAS BEEN A CASA VOLUNTEER FOR FIVE YEARS AND HELPED FIVE FOSTER YOUTH SO FAR.

>> I DIDN'T PLAN ON BEING A ROLE MODEL BUT THAT IS WHAT YOU END UP BEING BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONE PERSON THERE ONE ON ONE WITH THEM AND THEY LOOK UP TO YOU.

>> WHEN CHILDREN ARE REMOVED FROM THEIR FAMILIES, THIS CAN BE A HARD TIME.

FROM A CHILD PERSPECTIVE, THE CASA BECOMES A CARING AND CONSISTENT ADULT PRESENCE.

BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP THEY BUILD, CASA'S ARE ABLE TO LET JUDGES, SOCIAL WORKERS AND OTHER IMPORTANT DECISION-MAKERS KNOW IF THE CHILD HAS ANY UNMET NEED.

>> Reporter: THE SAN DIEGO NONPROFIT VOICES FOR CHILDREN TRAINS VOLUNTEERS LIKE COUNTRY RISK TO BECOME CASA'S FOSTER CHILDREN.

JESSICA MUÑOZ IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO.. >> THEY GET TO SINGULARLY FOCUS ON ONE CHILDREN OR GROUP AT A TIME.

A LOT OF OUR PROFESSIONAL PARTNERS IN CHILD WELFARE ARE TRYING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES AT ONCE.

HAVING A CASA VOLUNTEER ASSIGNED TO A CHILD GIVES THE CHILD AND A FAMILY A PERSON WHO IS FOCUSED ON THEM AND WHAT THEY NEED.

>> Reporter: ABOUT HALF OF FOSTER YOUTH IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY HAVE CASA VOLUNTEERS OR CASE LIAISONS WHO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN AND MAKE SURE THEIR NEEDS ARE MET.

>> I'M IN A GREAT PLACE BECAUSE OF HIM.

HE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR ME.

>> Reporter: THE RELATIONSHIPS THEY BUILD LAST FOR YEARS.

>> THE CHILD I HAD FIRST STARTED OUT AT 10 YEARS OLD.

HE HAD HIS 15th BIRTHDAY AND IT IS GREAT TO WATCH HIM GROW UP.

>> Reporter: THE BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR A CASA HELPING A FOSTER CHILD IS TO REUNITE THEM WITH THEIR FAMILY.

>> I THINK CASA JOSE IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF THE CONSISTENCY AND DEDICATION.

IT IS ALSO SPECIAL BECAUSE HE IS A GENTLEMAN.

WE ALWAYS NEED MORE CASA'S WHO ARE MEN.

WE HAVE A LOT OF BOYS WE SERVE WHO WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A MALE ROLE MODEL IN THEIR LIFE.

>> Reporter: VOICES FOR CHILDREN SAID FOSTER CHILDREN WITH CASA VOLUNTEERS ARE HALF AS LIKELY WITH THEIR PEERS WITHOUT CASA'S TO REENTER THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM.

MELISSA MAE, KPBS NEWS .

>> VOICES FOR CHILDREN IS A BROADCAST SPONSOR OF KPBS .

>>> WE WILL START YOU OFF WITH YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES.

THE BIG STORY HAS BEEN THE HEAT AND AREAS INLAND ARE STILL GOING TO BE HOT.

THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO PUT THAT.

WE ARE DEALING WITH LOW CLOUDS ALONG THE COAST AND WE ARE TRACKING ANOTHER ROUND OF MONSOON TO MAKE A APPEARANCE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

LET'S LOOK AT WHERE TEMPERATURES GO TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A LOW OF 69 WITH DENSE FOG BUILDING ESPECIALLY AROUND SAN DIEGO AND WE HAVE THESE HEAT WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ACROSS THE BOARD.

BY TOMORROW, THINGS WILL HEAT UP AGAIN.

WE HAVE HEAT ADVISORIES FURTHER INLAND AND FROM WRIGHTWOOD DOWN TO PINE VALLEY BUT AS WE GO CLOSER TO WHAT THE DESERT, BORREGO SPRINGS AND WESTMORELAND, WE WILL RUN UNDER THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANING IT WILL BE EXTREME HEAT WE ARE DEALING WITH.

TAKE PLENTY OF BREAKS.

YOU WANT TO BE OUTSIDE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME AND STAY WITH HYDRATED AREAS.

WHILE THEY RISE TO TRIPLE DIGITS IN MT.

LAGUNA, 78 AND BORREGO SPRINGS COMING IN WITH A TOASTY 113.

WE ARE RUNNING INTO THE TRIPLE DIGIT TEENS INTO TOMORROW.

ALONG THE COAST IS COOLER BUT SUMMERLIKE WHERE WE HAVE 80s THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND.

83 ON WEDNESDAY BUT WE ARE DIPPING DOWN TO 79 AND 14 WITH 80s BY SUNDAY ALONG THE COAST.

INLAND IS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL STAY INTO THE 90s FOR THE BETTER HALF OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND AND WE DROPPED DOWN TO THE UPPER 80s BY SUNDAY.

AREAS INTO THE MOUNTAINS, WHILE YOU HAVE UPPER 70s FLIRTING WITH 80, 77 ON THURSDAY, BUT THEN WE WILL COME DOWN TO THE LOW 70s BY SUNDAY.

THE DEBTOR'S HAVE TRIPLE DIGIT TEENS STICKING WITH US THROUGH FRIDAY AND WE DROPPED TO A HIGH OF 109.

NOT COOL BY ANY MEANS BUT 103 BY SUNDAY.

FOR KPBS NEWS, I'M METEOROLOGIST BORN GUY.

>>> A NEW STUDY LINKS CLIMATE CHANGE TO THE INTENSE HEAT WAVES AROUND THE WORLD THIS MONTH.

RESEARCHERS SAY DEADLY HEAT IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THE CONTINUING BUILDUP OF WARMING GASES IN THE AIR.

THEY FOUND THE INCREASE OF GASES HAS MADE ANOTHER HEAT WAVE IN CHINA 50 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR EVERY FIVE YEARS.

>> LOOKING AT THE TRENDS AND OBSERVATIONS AND LOOKING AT WHAT THESE HAVE LOOKED LIKE WITH CLIMATE MODELS, SUCH AN EVENT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

THIS SHOWS YOU KNOW HOW MUCH EVIDENCE THAT IS ON THE LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEAT EXPECT CLIMATOLOGISTS SAY THIS IS THE HOTTEST THE EARTH HAS BEEN IN 120,000 YEARS AND THE EASIEST OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION.

>>> THE PARTICLES THAT WEAR OFF YOUR CAR TIRES, AS YOU DRIVE, OR A HUGE SOURCE OF MICRO- PLASTIC POLLUTION AND SOME OF THAT IS TOXIC.

RESEARCHERS AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY HAVE IDENTIFIED 60 CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IN TIRES.

KPBS CYTEC REPORTER THOMAS FUDGE HAS THE STORY.

>> Reporter: THREE YEARS AGO, RESEARCHERS IN WASHINGTON STATE IDENTIFIED A CHEMICAL DERIVED FROM A COMMON PRESERVATIVE USED IN TIRES.

THEY FOUND IT WAS BEING WASHED INTO FRESHWATER STREAMS WITH OTHER TIRE WASTE AND IT WAS KILLING SALMON BECAUSE, BEFORE THEY COULD SPAWN.

SHE AND HER FRIENDS AT SAN DIEGO STATE FOUND THAT ONE.

THEY FOUND A LOT MORE IN THE TIRE WASTE THEY TESTED.

>> A NUMBER OF CHEMICALS THAT LEAKED OUT FROM THESE TIRE PARTICLES HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY CITED AS BEING TIRE RELATED.

>> ARE THOSE CHEMICALS DANGEROUS?

>> WE FOUND SOME OF THE COMPOUNDS THAT WERE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH TIRES MIGHT BE TOXIC.

>> Reporter: TIRE WASTE IS GENERATED CONSTANTLY AS TINY PARTICLES GET WORN OFF WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.

THOSE PARTICLES MEASURED IN MICRONS ARE SWEPT INTO THE WATERSHED WHERE THEY ENTER STREAMS AND THE OCEAN.

NATALIE TOOK PART IN THE STUDY OF TIRE WHERE.

SPECTATORS CAN BE AS LITTLE AS 20% NATURAL RUBBER AND THE REST IS SYNTHETIC MATERIALS WITH OTHER PLASTICS.

IT IS TRULY MICRO-PLASTICS.

>> Reporter: SOME OF THE CHEMICALS RESEARCHERS FOUND IN TIRE WASTE THAT THEY SAY MIGHT BE TOXIC COME FROM GROUPS OF COMPOUNDS PROVEN TO BE SO.

SOME CAN DAMAGE THE EMBRYOS OF SOME AQUATIC.

PEN HAVE SAYS EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS STIMULATED BY A DEVICE IN HER LAB CAN CAUSE SOME CHEMICALS TO BE DANGEROUS.

>> UNDER NATURAL CONDITIONS, SUNLIGHT CAN HAVE THE COMPOUNDS THAT LEACH OUT OF THE PARTICLES INTO NEW COMPOUNDS OR WHAT WE CALL TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS.

THOSE COULD BE EVEN MORE TOXIC THAN THE ORIGINAL COMPOUNDS.

>> Reporter: THE RESEARCH SHOWS THE MICRO SIZE OF THESE TIRE PARTICLES MAKES THEM BETTER AT LEACHING CHEMICALS ONCE THEY ARE IN THE WATER.

>> WE FOUND SMALLER PARTICLES ARE POTENTIALLY MORE TOXIC AND MORE DANGEROUS THAN LARGER PARTICLES.

>> Reporter: NATALIE MILADENOV SAYS THIS IS A POLLUTION NOT REGULATED BY THE GOVERNMENT, AT LEAST NOT YET.

THE PARTICLES REMAIN ABUNDANT IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND OUR VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE.

THOMAS FUDGE, KPBS NEWS .

>>> I'M WILLING.

TONIGHT ON THE NEWS HOUR, NEW RESEARCH LINKS RECENT HEAT WAVES WITH MAN-MADE CLIMATE CHANGE.

THAT IS AFTER 7:00 AFTER EVENING EDITION ON KPBS.

>>> THE EYES OF THE SOCCER WORLD ARE ON SAN DIEGO TODAY.

TWO OF THE MOST POPULAR FUTBOL CLUBS ARE FACING OFF AT THE SNAPDRAGON STADIUM.

MANCHESTER UNITED WILL FACE AGAINST WREXHAM AFD AND THE GAME IS A SELLOUT WITH TICKETS ON THIRD-PARTY SITES GOING TO $100- $400.

37,000 FANS ARE EXPECTED TO PACK THE STADIUM.

>> I PLANNED MY SUMMER TRIP AROUND THIS GAME.

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO JULY 22nd WHEN THIS GAME WAS ANNOUNCED FOR JULY 25th, I SAID THERE WAS NO WAY.

I GOT TICKETS FOR JULY 26th.

>> THE MATCH STARTS AT 7:30.

>>> ARTISTIC FREEDOM IS SO CHERISHED OF VALUE THAT IT IS PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT , BUT A LOCAL ARTIST IS ACCUSING SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OFFICIALS OF CENSORSHIP.

KPBS' AMITA SHARMA EXPLAINS.

>> Reporter: RIGHT AFTER THIS ARTIST INSTALLED HIS VIDEO PIECE AT THE SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN FEBRUARY, A NEARBY MAN OFFERED AN OMINOUS REVIEW.

>> HE DID NOT WATCH THE WHOLE THING AND WHEN HE WAS DONE, HE ASKED ARE YOU THE ARTIST?

I SAID YES.

HE SAID THIS IS A BUNCH OF BULL.

CRAP.

>> Reporter: THIS HAS THE PRESENCE IN SAN DIEGO.

THIS HAS VOICES OF LOCAL RESIDENTS TO EXPRESS CRITICISM AND THREE ANIMATION PUTS THE WORDS INTO THE MOUTHS OF THE INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL POLITICAL FIGURES SHOWN AS BEHEADED STATUTES.

FORMER ARTIST PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER IS HERE.

>> WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO CREATE AN ECONOMY WITH DESTRUCTION?

>> Reporter: THE QUESTION WHETHER THE MILITARY SHOULD BE HONORED AND SAID THE EARLY WHITE SETTLEMENTS IN SAN DIEGO WERE IN PART BUILT ON THE BACKS OF PEOPLE'S SOUTH OF THE BORDER AND THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC.

>> BENEATH THE SURFACE FOR WHITE UTOPIA HAS BEEN THE COST OF PEOPLE AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF VARIOUS INVENTORIES SOUTH OF THE U.S. AND THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC.

>> Reporter: EVAN APODACA CITY AFTER HIS PIECE WAS INSTALLED, THE AIRPORT REMOVED IT FROM A WALL NEAR GATE 48 WITHOUT WARNING FOR A REASON, THAT IS UNTIL EVAN APODACA WENT ON INSTAGRAM AND DESCRIBED WHAT HAPPENED ON THE SAME DAY IN MARCH, HE SAID AIRPORT OFFICIALS REACHED OUT TO ME IN PERSON.

>> THEY SAID, EVAN APODACA, YOUR PROJECT IS NOT THE SAME AS WHAT YOU HAD PROPOSED.

>> Reporter: AIRPORT OFFICIALS DECLINED AN INTERVIEW.

IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, AIRPORT SPOKESPERSON NICOLE HALL WROTE THAT EVAN APODACA'S VIDEO PIECE WAS BROUGHT DOWN BECAUSE THE ARTWORK DELIVERED BY THE ARTIST DID NOT MATCH THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE ARTS PROGRAM.

EVAN APODACA SAID OFFICIALS LEFT OUT WHAT ELSE THEY TOLD HIM.

>> THEY SAID THE PERSON THAT HAD MADE THE COMMENT TO ME ABOUT THE ARTWORK BEING BULLSááá WAS THE COMMENTS THAT HAD GONE ALL THE WAY UP TO GOVERNMENT APPOINTED OFFICIALS THAT RUN THE AIRPORT BUT THEN TOLD EVERYONE BELOW THEM IN THE ART DEPARTMENT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

>> Reporter: SAN DIEGO IS NO STRANGER TO PUBLIC ART CONTROVERSIES.

LAST YEAR, SOME OUTRAGED ESCONDIDO RESIDENTS WANTED A EXHIBIT NAMED "THREE SLICK PIGS" TO BE REMOVED.

THIS FEATURED PIG STATUES IN POLICE UNIFORMS DANCING.

ACTIVIST HAVE LONG PUSHED THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO TO REMOVE A STATUE OF FORMER GOVERNOR PETE WILSON BECAUSE OF HIS STANCE ON UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE.

BOTH THE PIG DISPLAY AND THE WILSON STATUE REMAINED.

ELIZABETH IS WITH THE NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST CENSORSHIP.

SHE SAYS RESISTING ARTISTIC CENSORSHIP IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AMID TODAY'S DEEP POLITICAL DIVIDE.

>> WE FEEL WE NEED TO FIGHT TO PROTECT ACCESS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE FULL CORNUCOPIA OF WHAT IDEAS CONTRIBUTE TO A SHARED CULTURE.

>> Reporter: SHE ARGUES IN EVAN APODACA'S CASE, AIRPORT OFFICIALS FAILED TO MAKE THAT RIGHT.

SHE STUDIED THE MATTER AND SAID THEY CHOSE EVAN APODACA'S WORK FOR ITS CREATIVITY, CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE, MERIT AND EDUCATIONAL VALUE.

IN AN EMAIL LAST FALL, DANIEL, CURATOR OF THE ARTS PROGRAM, TOLD EVAN APODACA HIS WORK RESONATED WITH THE AIRPORTS CONCEPT.

HE WROTE, "THE WORK, THE PANEL THOUGHT YOUR WORK WAS CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING BY THE WAY WE CHOOSE, OR NOT TO CHOOSE, TO LISTEN TO THINGS AROUND US AND HOW THEY FORM OUR FUTURE."

EVAN APODACA SAID HE WAS NEVER ASKED TO SUBMIT HIS FINAL PIECE TO THE AIRPORT BEFORE HE INSTALLED IT.

ELIZABETH LARISON SAID THAT IT IS UNLIKELY THAT WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE .

>> THE AUTISTICS ARE NOT THERE AND ARE NOT COMPROMISED.

YET, THE MAIN DIFFERENCE IS A MORE CRITICAL VIEWPOINT WHICH IS EXPLORED THROUGH THE VOICES.

>> Reporter: THAT'S WHY SHE DESCRIBES THE AIRPORTS TAKE DOWN OF EVAN APODACA'S ART AS VIEWPOINT DISCRIMINATION OR PUT ANOTHER WAY- >> THIS IS A CASE OF CENSORSHIP.

>> Reporter: EVAN APODACA SAID HE DOESN'T WANT TO CRITICIZE THE OFFICIALS .

>> WE NEED WORK THAT CHALLENGES US IN THE PUBLIC.

THIS SHOULD NOT BE HIDING.

>> Reporter: HE SAID HE'S NOT GIVING UP ON HAVING HIS WORK DISPLAYED ELSEWHERE.

AMITA SHARMA, KPBS NEWS .

>>> HERE IS A LOOK AT FOR TOMORROW.

ON MORNINGS ADDITION, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS LAUNCHED A SEPARATE INVESTIGATION INTO HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S LEGACY ADMISSIONS PRACTICES.

KPBS MIDDAY ADDITION IS MARKING DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH, A TIME TO BRING ATTENTION TO ISSUES IMPACTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

I AM MAYA TRABULSI.

>>> MAJOR FUNDING FOR KPBS EVENING EDITION HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY BILL HOWE FAMILY OF COMPANIES, PROVIDING SAN DIEGO WITH PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR, RESTORATION, FLOOD AND REMODELING SERVICES FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

CALL 1-800-BILL-HOWE, OR VISIT BILLHOWE.COM.

AND, BY THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION, DARLENE MARCOS SHILEY, AND BY THE FOLLOWING.

AND, BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.